Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories

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Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.

Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.

This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.

Data overview

Entities:
Total731,411
Searchable379,505
Targets286,834
Entity types:
People286,840
Positions92,665
Countries:
261 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Wikidata · Global non-official source

Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · At 22:00
Last processed:2025-11-18 22:12:01 · v. 20251118221201-kpt
Last change:

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Joy VillaPersonUnited States · Argentina
Gwendolyn KingPersonUnited States
Jacquelyn Harrison BarrettPersonUnited States
Inna VernikovPersonUnited States · Soviet Union
Nusrat Jahan ChoudhuryPersonUnited States · Bangladesh
Ken AlibekPersonUnited States · Soviet Union
Lily Tang WilliamsPersonChina · United States
Julie V. LundPersonUnited States
Kevin V. RyanPersonCanada · United States
Warren EvansPersonUnited States
Joseph ClancyPersonUnited States
Marty NothsteinPersonUnited States
Monica LewinskyPersonUnited States · United Kingdom
Anna Astvatsaturian TurcottePersonUnited States · Soviet Union
Alejandro García PadillaPersonUnited States · Spain
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